[1][2] The format of the tournament was announced in conjunction with all other ACC fall sports on July 29, 2020.
[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the 2020 tournament changed multiple times.
Originally, the 2020 ACC Tournament was to only feature 4 teams with all matches played at Sahlen's Stadium to create an "isolation zone" (similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble) to minimize the spread of the pandemic.
[1] Due to the aforementioned COVID-19 pandemic, only eleven teams participated in the regular season, with Boston College electing to not play.
The teams were also divided into a North and South region as opposed to the normal Atlantic and Coastal Divisions.